Early this morning, House Republicans voted to pass their reviled spending bill with the largest cuts to Medicaid in history. National reporting highlights how this bill will raise costs and leave millions of Americans without life-saving health care coverage by gutting Medicaid and dismantling the ACA. Every single community across the country will feel the devastating effects of these cuts.
So-called moderate Republicans charged ahead with the radical bill that will force seniors out of nursing homes, jeopardize the health care of half of all children in America, take lifesaving care away from people with disabilities, and insert provisions that could trigger as many as nine states to end Medicaid expansion entirely. Nearly 14 million Americans are already expected to lose health care because of this bill, but with House Republicans’ last-minute changes, the number of hardworking Americans who will lose their coverage and care as a result will likely grow by millions more.
The New Republic: House Republicans Just Touched the Third Rail
- “House Republicans, as they rushed early Thursday morning to cut not quite $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 10 years, were at best only dimly aware of this. They’re in for a terrible shock.”
- “But today, Medicaid commands not merely a significant voting bloc, but a significant Republican voting bloc. Not many House Republicans wished to hear about that when they passed the budget reconciliation bill, 215–214.”
Rolling Stone: Trump Gloats Over Passage of Bill That Will Kick Millions Off Medicaid, Food Aid
- “Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed the House of Representatives early Thursday morning, and the president couldn’t be more thrilled about being one step closer to kicking millions of Americans off of their health care coverage and food assistance programs.”
- ““In just over 100 days you guys have gone from promising to lower costs to ripping away people’s health care. Of course you don’t want anybody to know what you’re doing here,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said during one session. “It’s because you know this bill betrays the people who voted for you.””
Mother Jones: House GOPers Just Voted for the Biggest Medicaid Cuts in History—After Promising to Protect It.
- “House Republicans whose seats are not safe in the 2026 midterm elections voted early on Thursday morning to advance the largest cuts to Medicaid in history, endangering health care for millions of the poorest Americans. Several cast these votes after making promises to protect the Great Society program that provides health care to millions.”
- “But the bill Republicans just passed is classic GOP: Cut vital benefits for the poor to line the pockets of the rich.”
MSNBC: It’s Not Just Medicaid: Why the Republicans’ Bill Would Likely Force Medicare Cuts, Too
- “Despite Donald Trump’s promise not to cut the health care program, the GOP legislation would cut roughly $700 billion from Medicaid in the coming years, and with just hours remaining before the bill reached the floor, party leaders added new and punitive Medicaid provisions to shore up support from far-right members. But as important as the future of Medicaid is, the legislation’s impact on Medicare matters, too.”
- “The CBO told the House that the Republicans’ reconciliation package would lead to $500 billion in cuts to Medicare, and two days later, 215 House Republicans voted for it anyway.”
Forbes: More Than 7 Million Could Lose Medicaid In House Megabill Approved Thursday: Here’s What To Know
- “President Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” in the final hour to move up the start date for Medicaid work requirements and prohibit Medicaid for gender-affirming care.”
- “It would implement additional “eligibility and enrollment” rules, including new address verification standards, provider screening requirements and penalties for states that offer coverage to undocumented migrants. The section addressing “wasteful spending” calls for a prohibition on funding for gender transition procedures for both adults and minors under the federal Medicaid program and the state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). One of the ways the bill aims to tamp down on “abusive financing practices” is via a moratorium on new or increased provider taxes states collect to help pay for Medicaid expenses that aren’t covered by the federal government; proponents of the freeze argue states sometimes use the provider taxes to also pay providers, allowing states to report more Medicaid expenses and boost the matching funds they receive from the federal government. The legislation would increase “personal accountability,” primarily by mandating new “community engagement” requirements for Medicaid recipients to log at least 80 hours per month of work, community service or a work program, or be enrolled in an educational program for at least 40 hours per month—representing the largest Medicaid-related cuts in the megabill, according to the CBO.”
Common Dreams: ‘Call This What It Is—Theft’: Republicans Approve Largest Medicaid, SNAP Cuts in US History
- “If enacted, the House GOP’s legislation would slash roughly $1 trillion combined from Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), potentially stripping health coverage and food aid from tens of millions of low-income Americans to help fund trillions of dollars in tax cuts that would disproportionately benefit the wealthiest. The bill, which runs over 1,100 pages, would also trigger cuts to Medicare.”
- “”Let’s call this what it is—theft,” said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the ranking member of the House Rules Committee. “Stealing from those with the least to give to those with the most. It’s not just bad policy, it’s a betrayal of the American people.””
USA Today: House Passes Trump’s Deficit-Swelling Tax Bill, With Big Medicaid Changes
- “Democrats have slammed the bill as a giveaway to the wealthy at the expense of people who benefit from social safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP. “This is one big, ugly bill that House Republicans are trying to jam down the throats of the American people under the cover of darkness,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, said on the House floor in an early morning speech before the final vote.”
- “Medicaid, the program that provides health insurance to more than 71 million low-income Americans, would undergo big changes. That includes new work requirements for adults enrolled in Medicaid expansion beginning in December of 2026, more frequent eligibility checks, and disincentives for states to cover unauthorized migrant children, among other provisions.”
The New York Times: Republicans Pass Strictest Medicaid Work Requirement They’ve Ever Put Forward
- “The work requirement in the bill that just passed the House represents the strictest version Republicans in Congress have ever put forward. The reporting requirements are more stringent than in previous bills. It would be easier to lose benefits, and harder to re-enroll. And it would apply to a larger set of Medicaid recipients, including Americans previously determined to be too old to need such requirements.”
- “Republican leadership has described the policy as combating “waste, fraud, and abuse.” President Trump has said no one will lose health insurance under the legislation. But experts say it would leave millions uninsured.”
HuffPost: Opinion: Sneaky New Move By Shameless Republicans Puts Millions Of American Lives In Danger.
- “In the clearest sign that Republicans know what they are doing is not just wrong but shameful, they waited until late at night on Mother’s Day to release the text of Trump’s devastating “big, beautiful bill” that would gut Medicaid, hoping it would go unnoticed. Then, continuing the pattern of wanting to avoid attention, the GOP convened a meeting under the cover of darkness to debate the bill, whose funding cuts likely would take Medicaid away from my daughter and millions of other people with disabilities who rely on the essential program. Despite the gravity of the late-night meeting for millions of Americans, at least one GOP congressman slept through part of the discussion, seemingly unbothered by the deadly consequences for constituents in his district and beyond, including my own daughter.”